About Kalcha Village

Kalcha is a mid sized village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,552, made up of 726 males and 826 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 612.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalcha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalcha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Jagdalpur
Pincode	494001
Area (hectares)	612.02 hectares
Population	1,552
Male Population	726
Female Population	826
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,138
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kalcha compares

By the 2011 count Kalcha is the 21st largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 612.02 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Kalcha

Kalcha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kalcha as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kalcha from other places

Kalcha lies about 20 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 5.4 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kalcha
Nearest railway station	Nakti Semara	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagdalpur	7.8 km
District headquarters	Bastar	20 km

Villages closest to Kalcha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jagdalpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kalcha

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalcha village had a population of 1,552. That makes it the 21st largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Kalcha village has 726 males and 826 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalcha has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Kalcha is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalcha covers 612.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalcha falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kalcha is Nakti Semara, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kalcha.

Kalcha is about 20 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalcha is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Nakti Semara is about 5.4 km away. Jagdalpur is about 7.8 km away. Bastar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.